The research and publication of this monograph were made possible by the generous funding of the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland , through the African Security Analysis Programme at the ISS.
We must also acknowledge the support of the Arms Management Programme at the ISS, which commissioned Taya Weiss to undertake two months of research in Sierra Leone and Liberia in October and November 2004. This monograph is a by-product of that fieldwork, which focussed on the demand for and movement of small arms across borders in the sub-region.